Cost Accounting Supervisor

Chesapeake, VA 23324

Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Accounting Job Number: 40777591 Compensation: $48.00 / hour

Job Description

Title: Cost Accounting Supervisor 

Location: Chesapeake, VA 23323

Hire Type: 6+ Month Contract (could extend, W2 only)
*Includes benefits: health, dental, vision, accrued time off, and more

Overview:
Sterling has helped build careers for thousands of professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Cost Accounting Supervisor or Sr Cost Accountant to aid our client on a contingent basis through an ERP implementation. This role involves supervision and will manage existing primary functions while the team implements a new ERP system. 


Job Duties:
  • Manage the regional cost accounting team, ensuring proper prioritization and planning of team activities, responsibilities, and accountabilities.
  • Identify process inefficiencies and bottlenecks, propose and implement improvements for team and workflow optimization.
  • Support the Regional Accounting Manager and Finance Business Partners with calculating standards, rates, and costing impacts on product cost.
  • Oversee inventory accounting, including cycle count audits, variance identification and registration, classification of inventory and materials, and purchasing rates verification.
  • Research and resolve complex cost model issues; provide guidance to the Finance Business Partner organization, including margin analysis and supporting special costing projects.
  • Analyze root causes of cost model or finance issues and recommend policy or process changes for improvements.
  • Participate in Project Status Reviews to identify incurred costs for accurate revenue accounting records and calculations for both Percentage-of-Completion and Point-in-Time projects.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 5-7 years of relevant experience.
  • Strong technical accounting skills and experience in:
  • Month-end reporting
  • Project accounting, including monthly margin reviews and processing
  • Sales and margin analysis
  • Processing and approving month-end journals
  • Balance sheet reconciliation preparation and approval
  • Data analysis for manufacturing and cost management

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Meet Your Recruiter

Erik Butzen
Technical Recruiter

Erik Butzen is a skilled and compassionate Senior Recruiter passionate about empowering individuals to advance in their careers. With two years of dedicated service at Sterling, Erik has already significantly impacted the organization's talent acquisition efforts.

Having honed his expertise over five years in the field of recruiting, Erik possesses a deep understanding of the industry's intricacies. His journey began with the desire to assist individuals in finding opportunities that would propel their professional growth forward.

As a Senior Recruiter, Erik takes great pride in his ability to help people make meaningful advancements in their careers. Whether it's guiding a candidate through the interview process, providing valuable insights into the job market, or matching the right talent with the perfect role, Erik is committed to positively impacting the lives of those he interacts with.

One of Erik's most valuable pieces of advice to both hiring managers and fellow recruiters is to ask a lot of questions. Understanding the needs and expectations of both candidates and employers is essential to finding the best fit for both parties.

As one of the most respected names in engineering staffing, Sterling has hundreds of opportunities with top employers. If you’ve got a friend or colleague seeking their next move in engineering, we could have their next opportunity. We offer a referral bonus for every referral that we place. Submit referral now. 

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